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kvitbjørn+disaster Latitude and Longitude:

68°25′59″N 15°59′43″E / 68.43306°N 15.99528°E / 68.43306; 15.99528
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Kvitbjørn disaster
A Short Sandringham similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date28 August 1947
Summary Controlled flight into terrain
Site Lødingsfjellet, Hinnøy, Norway
Aircraft
Aircraft type Shorts S.25 Sandringham 6
Operator Det Norske Luftfartsselskap (DNL)
RegistrationLN-IAV
Flight origin Tromsø
1st stopover Harstad
2nd stopover Bodø
Destination Oslo
Passengers28
Crew7
Fatalities35
Survivors0

The Kvitbjørn disaster occurred on 28 August 1947 when, in heavy fog, the Norwegian Air Lines Short Sandringham flying boat Kvitbjørn, registered LN-IAV, hit a mountain close to Lødingsfjellet in Lødingen, southern Tjeldsundet, Norway. [1]

The flying boat crashed en route from Harstad to Bodø, the two stopovers between its origin Tromsø and destination Oslo. All thirty-five people on board (twenty-eight passengers and a crew of seven) perished, making the crash the deadliest in Norwegian aviation at that time.

References

  1. ^ "Sandringham LN-IAV". Aviation-Safety.net. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

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68°25′59″N 15°59′43″E / 68.43306°N 15.99528°E / 68.43306; 15.99528


kvitbjørn+disaster Latitude and Longitude:

68°25′59″N 15°59′43″E / 68.43306°N 15.99528°E / 68.43306; 15.99528
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kvitbjørn disaster
A Short Sandringham similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date28 August 1947
Summary Controlled flight into terrain
Site Lødingsfjellet, Hinnøy, Norway
Aircraft
Aircraft type Shorts S.25 Sandringham 6
Operator Det Norske Luftfartsselskap (DNL)
RegistrationLN-IAV
Flight origin Tromsø
1st stopover Harstad
2nd stopover Bodø
Destination Oslo
Passengers28
Crew7
Fatalities35
Survivors0

The Kvitbjørn disaster occurred on 28 August 1947 when, in heavy fog, the Norwegian Air Lines Short Sandringham flying boat Kvitbjørn, registered LN-IAV, hit a mountain close to Lødingsfjellet in Lødingen, southern Tjeldsundet, Norway. [1]

The flying boat crashed en route from Harstad to Bodø, the two stopovers between its origin Tromsø and destination Oslo. All thirty-five people on board (twenty-eight passengers and a crew of seven) perished, making the crash the deadliest in Norwegian aviation at that time.

References

  1. ^ "Sandringham LN-IAV". Aviation-Safety.net. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

External links

68°25′59″N 15°59′43″E / 68.43306°N 15.99528°E / 68.43306; 15.99528


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